Welcome back to school Primary 5/2! We have been busy busy busy. Revising our maths, practising our handwriting and creating fabulous stories are just a few of the things we have been up to. Pupils decided which rights should go on our class charter and helped to create our display. They have also enjoyed relaxing in our calm corner. Our first jigsaw is also already completed.👏

As part of our community topic we decided to visit Norwood House to visit the residents.  We all drew a picture for them and we read our favourite books. Ellen the co-ordinator said we made their day. Great ending to P4!!!

We have been using K’Nex this term and following the instructions to build lots of different structures. Here are our team efforts.

We have been learning about Materials and their properties. We have discussed how particular properties effect the choices made for choosing materials for certain jobs and activities.

We then  took part in a STEM challenge. Firstly in groups we created a boat using paper. The boat had to both ‘float’ and take a ‘load’ on board. We decided to then make the boats stronger and more waterproof by using tin foil. We then floated our boats and placed marbles on board to create a load. We counted the marbles  to assess which design was the best. It was great fun and the winning groups boat reached over 100 marbles before it sunk!!

What a brilliant sunny day we had for Sports Day. We had a great time!!

We had a brilliant time on our school trip. The Glasgow Tour Bus picked us up at the school and we travelled on the motorway to George Square. Maureen our guide shared information on lots of key landmarks and buildings in Glasgow. We had the opportunity to visit the Transport Museum before travelling back to school.  We loved it!

For the last 6 weeks Primary 4 have been going swimming at The Barrhead Foundry. We have had a great time completing many different activities related to water safety and swimming.  The coaches were great and supported us well. We all received a well deserved Swimming Confidence certificate!

In Science we have been looking at electricity. We have created working circuits using bulbs, motors and buzzers. P6 came to work with us and they helped is to make a Scribble Bot. It was great fun!

We spilt into groups and completed a piece of art work as a team. One group created a Viking Man, one group a Viking Woman and the last group a Chinese Dragon head. We used paint and collage materials. We think they look great!

As part of Social Studies we have been learning about the Vikings. In Art we explored some of the patterns they used in their artwork such as crosses, knots and lines. We designed our own Viking jewellery and carved our designs into clay to create a pendent or bracelet.

We used wool to weave or pleat  our bracelet and necklaces. We worked well to help others.